CVE-2013-4291 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges due to improper group membership settings in libvirt's security manager when specific labels are read.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4291?
CVE-2013-4291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, published on 30 Sep 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The virSecurityManagerSetProcessLabel function in libvirt 0.10.2.7, 1.0.5.5, and 1.1.1, when the domain has read an uid:gid label, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4291?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Libvirt.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4291?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-4291 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4291 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Libvirt
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4291, GHSA-293r-4r95-pff2.